After a rather sad and insulting discussion on a recent post, a good friend of mine said that if this were his blog he would delete all of the comments be the offending party. The thought had crossed my mind, but only for a second.
I am a firm believer in free speech and in letting peoples words speak for themselves (and often make them look foolish). Because of this I have always allowed anonymous comments on this blog (as annoying as they can be). I have also been someone who does not approve of nor believe in using comment moderation. I know why others use it, but it still makes me skeptical. Nor do I believe in deleting comments. If someone has something to say in response to one of my posts, I encourage and welcome the thoughts and comments, even when they are laced with insults, devoid of reason, or just plain asinine.
For these reasons, I will still pledge to keep this blog an open forum for those who care to comment and engage in the conversation. I know that it won’t always be civil, but it will always be open and free.
1 comments:
Dave, I too am a believer in free speech but sometimes the worst of me comes out in certain situations and I begin to think that some people should not be allowed to speak
Or that they are such tools that their voices do not need to be heard by the masses.
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